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Call Filter Alarm: Choose People Who Can Call To Wake You Up [Android]

azim — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:01:41 +0000

A lot of people use their smartphone as a people alarm clock, meaning that they let other people call them at a specified time in the morning or day to wake them up. However, if you simply leave your smartphone turned on when you go to sleep, there is a risk that anyone can call [...]

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PDF Slicer Free: Use Your iPhone To Easily Edit PDF Documents

moin — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:01:26 +0000

Do you often work with PDF files on your iOS device? Are you using a premium application in order to edit your PDF documents? If yes, then you should definitely check out PDF Slicer Free because you will enjoy what it has to offer. PDF Slicer Free is a free to use smart device application [...]

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SignEasy: Easily Sign Digital Documents On Your iOS Device

moin — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:01:06 +0000

Have you ever hurried to your boss’s office to get a document signed and then forgotten to bring the document? If yes, then you are fully familiar with how difficult it can be to remember to carry the physical documents that you require. This is particularly true when you want to get something signed – [...]

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Twipster: Turns Twitter.com Into a Minimalist Twitter Client

Justin Pot — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:09:35 +0000

Strip down Twitter to it’s bare essentials. If you’re tired of the social network best known for simplicity cluttering its website with sidebars and background, Twipster was designed for you. By developer Brent Jackson, this browser plugin – offered for Safari and Chrome users – turns Twitter into what it should be: a list of [...]

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Drive Converter: Online File Conversion For Google Drive

Justin Pot — Tue, 21 May 2013 02:05:38 +0000

Convert files from one format to another, all on Google Drive. With Drive Converter you don’t need to download or sync a file to your computer in order to convert it to something else. With support for converting documents, music and video from one format to another, Drive Convert is a great tool if you [...]

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Recent Menu: Find Recently Accessed Files, Folders, & Apps (Mac)

Joshua Lockhart — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:48 +0000

You have a history page for your web browser. Why can’t you have one for your computer as a whole? Recent menu is a handy little Mac app that does just this. Its u-turn icon fits snuggly alongside the large assortment of apps you likely have in your menubar (which may actually be a downside [...]

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AutomateIt: Automate Tasks On Your Android Device

azim — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:07:34 +0000

AutomateIt is an Android app that is designed to make your life easier by automating various tasks on your Android device. It lets you define how your device should behave in response to an event on your Android device by creating a rule. For example, you can make your device automatically increase the volume when [...]

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HangoutMagix: Quickly Design Custom Graphical Overlays For Hangouts On Air

Justin Pot — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:02:05 +0000

If you use Google Hangouts On Air, you probably use Hangout Toolbox and it’s Lower Third feature. And if you use Lower Third, you probably wish it were more customizable. Well, it is – you can use it to overlay graphics. The problem: if you want a really unique look, you need to design the [...]

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Tabman Tabs Manager: View All Your Open Tabs In A Vertical List [Chrome]

azim — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:03:33 +0000

It is always a problem when you have too many open tabs in your browser. You delay closing them and at one point you simply have too many of them to be able to even read the webpage titles for each tab. If you also have this problem, check out Tabman Tabs Manager. It is an [...]

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Melt: Exchange Interesting Photos With Random People

azim — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:01:16 +0000

Melt is a free app for iOS that lets you have fun and meet people by exchanging your most interesting photos from your iPhone. It is built on a very simple concept – you send an interesting photo to the world and get one back in return. The more photos you send, the more you receive. [...]

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Coffee: Open Files With Your Portable Applications Instead Of Default Associated Programs

azim — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:01:44 +0000

Portable applications are programs that you can carry on a removable drive and run them from any computer. They are handy in situations when some of the apps you use are not available on the host computer and you don’t have time to download and install the required application from scratch. In this case you [...]

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Show Password On Focus: Displays The Password From The Form

azim — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:20 +0000

There was a time when you had to endure a long registration form to sign up for and start using an Internet service (email, forum etc). Some sign up forms required you to fill up to 50 empty fields. Then, registration forms became much shorter and now most services require only a combination of a [...]

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Surveymoz: Easily Create & Share Free Surveys

azim — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:01:29 +0000

Conducting an online survey is an effective way to do a quick market research or get feedback on your product or service. There are many free web-based online survey tools out there. One such tool is Surveymoz. It lets you easily create surveys online and track results. It is easy to use and requires no [...]

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MacUtil: Easily Customize Mac OS X Features From a Simple Menu [Mac OS X]

azim — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:01:15 +0000

If you want to customize the inner workings of your Mac OS X you have to use the terminal commands or download some third party software. If you want a simpler way to do it, check out MacUtil. It is a handy tool that makes it easy to customize your Mac from a simple menu. [...]

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PopSend: Share Files From Your iPhone

Joshua Lockhart — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:01:35 +0000

Transferring files between your phone and your computer can be done in a variety of ways. Some people use Dropbox, and some even use Bump. However, both services come with their own sets of hassles. For instance, Dropbox requires the installation of its desktop app for a truly fluid experience, and Bump requires users to [...]

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Vobok: Share Audio Messages With Your Friends

Joshua Lockhart — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:01:25 +0000

Social media is all about getting your personal message out to the world, and so far there’s already quite a few routes for people to choose from. Facebook and Twitter are perfect for rapidly posting text, and YouTube and Vine are great for quickly broadcasting video. However, there’s nothing really out there for audio. Sure, you could post [...]

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FooTab for Chrome: Speed Up Chrome’s Startup By Blocking Background Tabs

Tim Brookes — Sun, 19 May 2013 02:01:40 +0000

If you’re a user of Google Chrome or Chromium browsers and you’re a bit of a tab addict (you can’t even read the website titles) then you’ll be aware of the mess that’s created when you start up such a full and busy browser from cold. While everything tries to load at once Chrome can often [...]

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Text & File Hider Plus for Android: Hide SMS, Contacts, Files & Logs

Tim Brookes — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:01:47 +0000

Smartphone privacy is of little concern to many of us – after all, who else is going to be using our personal devices beside us? What have we got to hide from ourselves? While this is true, there’s always the possibility of a snooper or thief gaining access to your phone, and in this instance [...]

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Listacular for iPhone: Create Lists, Reminders & To-Dos That Sync Via Dropbox

Tim Brookes — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:01:32 +0000

Users are absolutely spoiled for choice when it comes to apps for taking notes and remembering things. We now need reminder apps to keep a track of our reminder apps, and here’s another called Listacular. Rather than having you sign up to yet another service which requires an individual client for each device you intend [...]

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Facebook Photo Appraiser: Find Similar Images To Your Friends’ Facebook Photos

Joshua Lockhart — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:01:02 +0000

Do you have friends who are really interested in photography? Have you ever had a friend post a landscape photo that just looked cool? Maybe you wanted to use their image for a graphic or a blog post, but it was a little too awkward to ask them if you could use it. Perhaps they [...]

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